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Comparison of Pentateuch:
Jewish Publication Society 1917
Targum Jonathan Ben Uziel:
The Chaldee Paraphrase on
The Prophet Isaiah
C. W. H. Pauli (1871)

Isaiah
Chapter 14

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Isaiah 13 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targum TOC Isaiah 15

Isaiah 14:1
JPS 14:1 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
TJBU 14:1 For the Lord will have compassion upon the house of Jacob, and will delight again in Israel, and shall make them to dwell in their land; and proselytes shall be joined unto them, and they shall be united unto the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 14:2
JPS 14:2 And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and for handmaids; and they shall take them captive, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
TJBU 14:2 And the nations shall take them, and shall bring them to their land; and the house of Israel shall possess them iln the land of the Shekinah of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them, captives, whose captives they were; those who had made them their servants shall now serve them.

Isaiah 14:3
JPS 14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy travail, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve
TJBU 14:3 And it shall come to pass ia that day, that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy distress, from thy bondage, and from the hard servitude which was served upon thee,

Isaiah 14:4
JPS 14:4 that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the oppressor ceased! The exactress of gold ceased!
TJBU 14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say. How hath the dominion that made us servile ceased! How is come to an end the strength of the sinner!

Isaiah 14:5
JPS 14:5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of the rulers,
TJBU 14:5 The Lord hath broken the strength of the wicked, the government of sinners,

Isaiah 14:6
JPS 14:6 That smote the peoples in wrath With an incessant stroke, That ruled the nations in anger, With a persecution that none restrained.
TJBU 14:6 Of him who was smiting the people in fury, with a perpetual stroke, of him who was ruling the nations in anger, ruling and none hindered.

Isaiah 14:7
JPS 14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; They break forth into singing.
TJBU 14:7 The whole earth is at rest, is quiet, they rejoice with a song.

Isaiah 14:8
JPS 14:8 Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, And the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since thou art laid down, No feller is come up against us.'
TJBU 14:8 Rulers also rejoiced over thee; the rich in treasures said. Since thou art laid down, the destroyer is not come up upon us.

Isaiah 14:9
JPS 14:9 The nether-world from beneath is moved for thee To meet thee at thy coming; The shades are stirred up for thee, Even all the chief ones of the earth; All the kings of the nations Are raised up from their thrones.
TJBU 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming; she rouseth for thee the mighty: all the rich in treasures, all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Isaiah 14:10
JPS 14:10 All they do answer And say unto thee: 'Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?
TJBU 14:10 All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou become sick as we? Unto us thou hast become like.

Isaiah 14:11
JPS 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, And the noise of thy psalteries; The maggot is spread under thee, And the worms cover thee.'
TJBU 14:11 Thy glory is brought down to the grave, the rattling noise of the songs of thy musical instruments: the worm is spread under thee, and upon thee vermin.

Isaiah 14:12
JPS 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, That didst cast lots over the nations!
TJBU 14:12 How art thou cast down from on high, who wast shining among the sons of men as the star Venus among the stars: thou art dashed down to the earth, who wast a slaughterer among the nations.

Isaiah 14:13
JPS 14:13 And thou saidst in thy heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, Above the stars of God Will I exalt my throne, And I will sit upon the mount of meeting, In the uttermost parts of the north;
TJBU 14:13 And thou, thou hast said in thy heart, I will climb up the heavens; I will place the throne of my kingdom above the people of God, and I will sit upon the mountain of the solemn assembly upon the ends of the north;

Isaiah 14:14
JPS 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.'
TJBU 14:14 I will have the ascendency over all people; I will be higher than all of them.

Isaiah 14:15
JPS 14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to the nether-world, To the uttermost parts of the pit.
TJBU 14:15 But to the grave thou shalt be brought down, to the ends of the pit of the place of perdition.

Isaiah 14:16
JPS 14:16 They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, They gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, That did shake kingdoms;
TJBU 14:16 Those that see thee shall look attentively at thee, they shall consider thee, and say, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that laid waste kingdoms?

Isaiah 14:17
JPS 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, And destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?'
TJBU 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, that laid waste its cities, and did not open the gate to his prisoners.

Isaiah 14:18
JPS 14:18 All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Every one in his own house.
TJBU 14:18 All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie down in glory, each in his eternal abode.

Isaiah 14:19
JPS 14:19 But thou art cast forth away from thy grave Like an abhorred offshoot, In the raiment of the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, That go down to the pavement of the pit, As a carcass trodden under foot.
TJBU 14:19 But thou art cast out of thy grave as a hidden abortion, as those hidden among the slain, as those pierced by the sword, as those that are descending the lowest pit of the place of destruc tion, as a carcase trodden under foot.

Isaiah 14:20
JPS 14:20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, Because thou hast destroyed thy land, Thou hast slain thy people; The seed of evil-doers shall not Be named for ever.
TJBU 14:20 Thou shalt not be like one of them in burial; because thou hast destroyed thy country, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall not be established for ever.

Isaiah 14:21
JPS 14:21 Prepare ye slaughter for his children For the iniquity of their fathers; That they rise not up, and possess the earth, And fill the face of the world with cities.
TJBU 14:21 Prepare ye slaughter for his children, for the iniquity of their fathers; lest they rise and possess the earth, and the faces of the world be filled with enemies.

Isaiah 14:22
JPS 14:22 And I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and offshoot and offspring, saith the LORD.
TJBU 14:22 And I will reveal myself to take vengeance of them, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will destroy of Babylon the name, and the remnant, and the son, and the son's son, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 14:23
JPS 14:23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
TJBU 14:23 And I will make it an inheritance for the hedgehog, a place of desolation, pools of water: and I will sweep her as they are sweeping with a besom: and I will throw her down to destroy her, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 14:24
JPS 14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; And as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
TJBU 14:24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it be; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.

Isaiah 14:25
JPS 14:25 That I will break Asshur in My land, And upon My mountains tread him under foot; Then shall his yoke depart from off them, And his burden depart from off their shoulder.
TJBU 14:25 To break the Assyrian in my land, and upon the mountains of my people I will tread him under foot; then there shall depart from them his dominion, and his yoke off from their necks shall cease.

Isaiah 14:26
JPS 14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; And this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
TJBU 14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon all the inhabitants of the earth; and this is the might of the ruler which is lifted up over all the kingdoms.

Isaiah 14:27
JPS 14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, And who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, And who shall turn it back?
TJBU 14:27 For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who can remove it? yea. His power is exalted, and who can withstand it?

Isaiah 14:28
JPS 14:28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
TJBU 14:28 In the year that king Ahaz died was the burden of this prophecy.

Isaiah 14:29
JPS 14:29 Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, Because the rod that smote thee is broken: For out of the serpent's root shall come forth a basilisk, And his fruit shall be a flying serpent.
TJBU 14:29 Rejoice not, Philistia, all of ye, because the government that hath made you servile is broken; because from the children of Jesse shall come forth the Messiah, and His works among you shall be as a flying serpent.

Isaiah 14:30
JPS 14:30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, And the needy shall lie down in safety; And I will kill thy root with famine, And thy remnant shall be slain.
TJBU 14:30 And the poor of my people shall be fed, and the meek in His days shall dwell in safety; and He shall slay with famine thy children, and the remnant of thy people He shall kill.

Isaiah 14:31
JPS 14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; Melt away, O Philistia, all of thee; For there cometh a smoke out of the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks.
TJBU 14:31 Howl, on account of thy gate, cry on account of thy city, ye, Philistines, all of you; ye shall be broken: because from the north vengeance is coming, and is not delaying its appointed time.

Isaiah 14:32
JPS 14:32 What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, And in her shall the afflicted of His people take refuge.
TJBU 14:32 And what good news will they tell the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.

Isaiah 13 JPS TOC Comparison TOC Targum TOC Isaiah 15

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Isaiah 14:1
JPS	14:1	For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
TJBU	14:1	For the Lord will have compassion upon the house of Jacob, and will delight again in Israel, and shall make them to dwell in their land; and proselytes shall be joined unto them, and they shall be united unto the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 14:2
JPS	14:2	And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and for handmaids; and they shall take them captive, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
TJBU	14:2	And the nations shall take them, and shall bring them to their land; and the house of Israel shall possess them iln the land of the Shekinah of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them, captives, whose captives they were; those who had made them their servants shall now serve them.

Isaiah 14:3
JPS	14:3	And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy travail, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve
TJBU	14:3	And it shall come to pass ia that day, that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy distress, from thy bondage, and from the hard servitude which was served upon thee,

Isaiah 14:4
JPS	14:4	that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say: How hath the oppressor ceased! The exactress of gold ceased!
TJBU	14:4	That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say. How hath the dominion that made us servile ceased! How is come to an end the strength of the sinner!

Isaiah 14:5
JPS	14:5	The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of the rulers,
TJBU	14:5	The Lord hath broken the strength of the wicked, the government of sinners,

Isaiah 14:6
JPS	14:6	That smote the peoples in wrath With an incessant stroke, That ruled the nations in anger, With a persecution that none restrained.
TJBU	14:6	Of him who was smiting the people in fury, with a perpetual stroke, of him who was ruling the nations in anger, ruling and none hindered.

Isaiah 14:7
JPS	14:7	The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; They break forth into singing.
TJBU	14:7	The whole earth is at rest, is quiet, they rejoice with a song.

Isaiah 14:8
JPS	14:8	Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, And the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since thou art laid down, No feller is come up against us.'
TJBU	14:8	Rulers also rejoiced over thee; the rich in treasures said. Since thou art laid down, the destroyer is not come up upon us.

Isaiah 14:9
JPS	14:9	The nether-world from beneath is moved for thee To meet thee at thy coming; The shades are stirred up for thee, Even all the chief ones of the earth; All the kings of the nations Are raised up from their thrones.
TJBU	14:9	Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming; she rouseth for thee the mighty: all the rich in treasures, all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Isaiah 14:10
JPS	14:10	All they do answer And say unto thee: 'Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us?
TJBU	14:10	All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou become sick as we? Unto us thou hast become like.

Isaiah 14:11
JPS	14:11	Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, And the noise of thy psalteries; The maggot is spread under thee, And the worms cover thee.'
TJBU	14:11	Thy glory is brought down to the grave, the rattling noise of the songs of thy musical instruments: the worm is spread under thee, and upon thee vermin.

Isaiah 14:12
JPS	14:12	How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, That didst cast lots over the nations!
TJBU	14:12	How art thou cast down from on high, who wast shining among the sons of men as the star Venus among the stars: thou art dashed down to the earth, who wast a slaughterer among the nations.

Isaiah 14:13
JPS	14:13	And thou saidst in thy heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, Above the stars of God Will I exalt my throne, And I will sit upon the mount of meeting, In the uttermost parts of the north;
TJBU	14:13	And thou, thou hast said in thy heart, I will climb up the heavens; I will place the throne of my kingdom above the people of God, and I will sit upon the mountain of the solemn assembly upon the ends of the north;

Isaiah 14:14
JPS	14:14	I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.'
TJBU	14:14	I will have the ascendency over all people; I will be higher than all of them.

Isaiah 14:15
JPS	14:15	Yet thou shalt be brought down to the nether-world, To the uttermost parts of the pit.
TJBU	14:15	But to the grave thou shalt be brought down, to the ends of the pit of the place of perdition.

Isaiah 14:16
JPS	14:16	They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, They gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, That did shake kingdoms;
TJBU	14:16	Those that see thee shall look attentively at thee, they shall consider thee, and say, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that laid waste kingdoms?

Isaiah 14:17
JPS	14:17	That made the world as a wilderness, And destroyed the cities thereof; That opened not the house of his prisoners?'
TJBU	14:17	That made the world as a wilderness, that laid waste its cities, and did not open the gate to his prisoners.

Isaiah 14:18
JPS	14:18	All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Every one in his own house.
TJBU	14:18	All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie down in glory, each in his eternal abode.

Isaiah 14:19
JPS	14:19	But thou art cast forth away from thy grave Like an abhorred offshoot, In the raiment of the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, That go down to the pavement of the pit, As a carcass trodden under foot.
TJBU	14:19	But thou art cast out of thy grave as a hidden abortion, as those hidden among the slain, as those pierced by the sword, as those that are descending the lowest pit of the place of destruc tion, as a carcase trodden under foot.

Isaiah 14:20
JPS	14:20	Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, Because thou hast destroyed thy land, Thou hast slain thy people; The seed of evil-doers shall not Be named for ever.
TJBU	14:20	Thou shalt not be like one of them in burial; because thou hast destroyed thy country, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall not be established for ever.

Isaiah 14:21
JPS	14:21	Prepare ye slaughter for his children For the iniquity of their fathers; That they rise not up, and possess the earth, And fill the face of the world with cities.
TJBU	14:21	Prepare ye slaughter for his children, for the iniquity of their fathers; lest they rise and possess the earth, and the faces of the world be filled with enemies.

Isaiah 14:22
JPS	14:22	And I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and offshoot and offspring, saith the LORD.
TJBU	14:22	And I will reveal myself to take vengeance of them, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will destroy of Babylon the name, and the remnant, and the son, and the son's son, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 14:23
JPS	14:23	I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
TJBU	14:23	And I will make it an inheritance for the hedgehog, a place of desolation, pools of water: and I will sweep her as they are sweeping with a besom: and I will throw her down to destroy her, saith the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 14:24
JPS	14:24	The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; And as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
TJBU	14:24	The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it be; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.

Isaiah 14:25
JPS	14:25	That I will break Asshur in My land, And upon My mountains tread him under foot; Then shall his yoke depart from off them, And his burden depart from off their shoulder.
TJBU	14:25	To break the Assyrian in my land, and upon the mountains of my people I will tread him under foot; then there shall depart from them his dominion, and his yoke off from their necks shall cease.

Isaiah 14:26
JPS	14:26	This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth; And this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
TJBU	14:26	This is the purpose that is purposed upon all the inhabitants of the earth; and this is the might of the ruler which is lifted up over all the kingdoms.

Isaiah 14:27
JPS	14:27	For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, And who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, And who shall turn it back?
TJBU	14:27	For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who can remove it? yea. His power is exalted, and who can withstand it?

Isaiah 14:28
JPS	14:28	In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
TJBU	14:28	In the year that king Ahaz died was the burden of this prophecy.

Isaiah 14:29
JPS	14:29	Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, Because the rod that smote thee is broken: For out of the serpent's root shall come forth a basilisk, And his fruit shall be a flying serpent.
TJBU	14:29	Rejoice not, Philistia, all of ye, because the government that hath made you servile is broken; because from the children of Jesse shall come forth the Messiah, and His works among you shall be as a flying serpent.

Isaiah 14:30
JPS	14:30	And the first-born of the poor shall feed, And the needy shall lie down in safety; And I will kill thy root with famine, And thy remnant shall be slain.
TJBU	14:30	And the poor of my people shall be fed, and the meek in His days shall dwell in safety; and He shall slay with famine thy children, and the remnant of thy people He shall kill.

Isaiah 14:31
JPS	14:31	Howl, O gate; cry, O city; Melt away, O Philistia, all of thee; For there cometh a smoke out of the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks.
TJBU	14:31	Howl, on account of thy gate, cry on account of thy city, ye, Philistines, all of you; ye shall be broken: because from the north vengeance is coming, and is not delaying its appointed time.

Isaiah 14:32
JPS	14:32	What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, And in her shall the afflicted of His people take refuge.
TJBU	14:32	And what good news will they tell the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.